It’s not easy to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces. But throughout the years, Steve Bannon, host of the popular right-wing War Room podcast, has continued to prove an indispensable voice for the former president, saturating the airwaves with pro-MAGA propaganda while galvanizing Trump’s base into action. On the latest episode of Inside the Hive, … Read more
In a special episode of Inside the Hive, host Brian Stelter discusses the Donald Trump guilty verdict with Mary Trump, a writer, psychologist, and niece of the former president and now convicted felon. “This isn’t a victory for Democrats. It’s a victory for the rule of law in America,” said Mary Trump, who stressed that … Read more
Nobody likes a spoiler. For that reason, Lis Smith, a well-known Democratic operative, is on a mission to make sure nobody likes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Smith is leading the party’s efforts to reduce Kennedy’s support and thus his potential spoiler power in this year’s presidential election. She shared insights from the Democratic “war room” … Read more
When former president Donald Trump struck a two-debate deal with President Joe Biden on Wednesday, the Drudge Report posed a provocative question: “WILL HE BE IN PRISON” by the time the first debate takes place on June 27? Trump’s hush money cover-up trial will surely be over by then, but, according to CNN’s chief legal … Read more
“When the hell are these Trump cases going to happen?” That’s the question we’re all asking as we wait and wait for a real, live Donald Trump courtroom trial. On this week’s Inside the Hive, host Brian Stelter, Vanity Fair politics correspondent Bess Levin, and staff writer Dan Adler examine the many criminal charges against the former president and presumptive GOP nominee. … Read more
Inside the Hive host Brian Stelter checks in with veteran political reporter and CNN anchor Kasie Hunt fresh off her reporting trip to Iowa, where Donald Trump trounced Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, and on to New Hampshire, the next stop in a GOP race that already feels all but settled. “It is extraordinarily hard … Read more
Host Brian Stelter breaks down Elon Musk’s erratic stewardship of Twitter, now X, with Zoë Schiffer, managing editor of Platformer and author of the forthcoming book Extremely Hardcore. They discuss Musk’s rightward shift, his war against the “woke mind virus,” and stated mission of restoring free speech to the platform. “I think we’ve seen in … Read more
